# Uses of Package
javax.security.auth.callback

Packages that use javax.security.auth.callback
Package
Description
com.sun.security.auth.callback
Provides an implementation of `CallbackHandler`.
com.sun.security.auth.module
Provides implementations of `LoginModule`.
java.security
Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
javax.security.auth.callback
This package provides the classes necessary for services to interact with applications in order to retrieve information (authentication data including usernames or passwords, for example) or to display information (error and warning messages, for example).
javax.security.auth.login
This package provides a pluggable authentication framework.
javax.security.auth.spi
This package provides the interface to be used for implementing pluggable authentication modules.
javax.security.sasl
Contains class and interfaces for supporting SASL.

Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by com.sun.security.auth.callback
Class
Description
Callback
Implementations of this interface are passed to a `CallbackHandler`, allowing underlying security services the ability to interact with a calling application to retrieve specific authentication data such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
CallbackHandler
An application implements a `CallbackHandler` and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
UnsupportedCallbackException
Signals that a `CallbackHandler` does not recognize a particular `Callback`.
Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by com.sun.security.auth.module
Class
Description
CallbackHandler
An application implements a `CallbackHandler` and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by java.security
Class
Description
CallbackHandler
An application implements a `CallbackHandler` and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.auth.callback
Class
Description
Callback
Implementations of this interface are passed to a `CallbackHandler`, allowing underlying security services the ability to interact with a calling application to retrieve specific authentication data such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
UnsupportedCallbackException
Signals that a `CallbackHandler` does not recognize a particular `Callback`.
Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.auth.login
Class
Description
CallbackHandler
An application implements a `CallbackHandler` and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.auth.spi
Class
Description
CallbackHandler
An application implements a `CallbackHandler` and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.sasl
Class
Description
Callback
Implementations of this interface are passed to a `CallbackHandler`, allowing underlying security services the ability to interact with a calling application to retrieve specific authentication data such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
CallbackHandler
An application implements a `CallbackHandler` and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
ChoiceCallback
Underlying security services instantiate and pass a `ChoiceCallback` to the `handle` method of a `CallbackHandler` to display a list of choices and to retrieve the selected choice(s).
TextInputCallback
Underlying security services instantiate and pass a `TextInputCallback` to the `handle` method of a `CallbackHandler` to retrieve generic text information.